Keep up and Wane

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Keep up verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.

Usage example: let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave

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Wane is an antonym for keep up.

Wane verb - To grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually.

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Keep up is an antonym for wane.

Nearby Words: waning, waned

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Wane and Keep up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_up/wane

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